The First Villages
In short: How some hunter-gatherer communities in the Southern Levant began to stay in one place, how archaeologists know it, and how farming villages preceded the cities and writing of Mesopotamia.
A 2:03 short film in the series “Before Babylon”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution), “When Did Humans Start Settling Down?”; Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature); study by Santana et al., published 4 June 2021, “Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant - Scientific Reports”; PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), hosting a peer-reviewed study on Eynan (Ain Mallaha), “The anurans and squamates assemblage from Final Natufian Eynan (Ain Mallaha, Israel) with an emphasis on snake-human interactions”; World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org), “Early Jericho”; UNESCO World Heritage Centre, “Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan”; Springer Nature (Vegetation History and Archaeobotany), “New perspectives on plant-use at neolithic Abu Hureyra, Syria: an integrated phytolith and spherulite study - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany”; Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Cambridge Core), “Insights into Natufian Social Identity: A Case Study from the Graveyard of Hayonim Cave | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core”; World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org), “Why did Uruk outshine Eridu to become Mesopotamia”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Ubaid Period | Mesopotamian history | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution) — When Did Humans Start Settling Down? · View →
- Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature); study by Santana et al., published 4 June 2021 — Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant - Scientific Reports · View →
- PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), hosting a peer-reviewed study on Eynan (Ain Mallaha) — The anurans and squamates assemblage from Final Natufian Eynan (Ain Mallaha, Israel) with an emphasis on snake-human interactions · View →
- World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org) — Early Jericho · View →
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan · View →
- Springer Nature (Vegetation History and Archaeobotany) — New perspectives on plant-use at neolithic Abu Hureyra, Syria: an integrated phytolith and spherulite study - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany · View →
- Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Cambridge Core) — Insights into Natufian Social Identity: A Case Study from the Graveyard of Hayonim Cave | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core · View →
- World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org) — Why did Uruk outshine Eridu to become Mesopotamia · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Ubaid Period | Mesopotamian history | Britannica · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution): When Did Humans Start Settling Down?
- Also: Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature); study by Santana et al., published 4 June 2021: Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant - Scientific Reports
- Also: PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), hosting a peer-reviewed study on Eynan (Ain Mallaha): The anurans and squamates assemblage from Final Natufian Eynan (Ain Mallaha, Israel) with an emphasis on snake-human interactions
- Also: World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org): Early Jericho
- Also: UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
- Also: Springer Nature (Vegetation History and Archaeobotany): New perspectives on plant-use at neolithic Abu Hureyra, Syria: an integrated phytolith and spherulite study - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
- Also: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Cambridge Core): Insights into Natufian Social Identity: A Case Study from the Graveyard of Hayonim Cave | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
- Also: World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org): Why did Uruk outshine Eridu to become Mesopotamia
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Ubaid Period | Mesopotamian history | Britannica
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